On page 18, Coin refers to the published report of the Director of the Mint as giving the world's production of silver for 1893 as $143,096,239. This was the report as published in the newspapers at the time. Since then, however, the report of the Director of the Mint as now published gives the amount as $208,371,100. From the fact that so much hostility and prejudice has been shown by Mr. Cleveland's administration to silver, and considering the unreliable sources from which this information is frequently obtained, there is some doubt as to the fairness of the last figures given. This doubt is further increased when it is considered that Mr. Cleveland has set the example to his subordinates to disregard a faithful observance of laws and customs, and has exhibited a zealous desire to make everything bend to his will. We refer to his having the coinage of silver stopped before the repeal of that law; to his appointment of a minister plenipotentiary to Hawaii without the consent of the Senate then in session; his infamous use of patronage with which to buy the votes of congressmen in the passage of the bill repealing the silver purchase act, and other acts now fresh in the mind of the reader. Any figures now given out on silver by his administration may be regarded as unreliable. There is not in the world to-day a more avowed and zealous gold monometallist than Mr. Cleveland.
